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'You've made it through Halloween, now try and survive Christmas!'
Slay bells ring, are you listening? In the streets, blood is glistening in this Yuletide tale of terror! Previously banned by the BBFC, the seminal Santa slasher is back with a vengeance!
After years of abuse at the hands of tyrannical nuns, Billy's finally flipped! Dressed as St. Nick, the teenager heads back to the oppressive orphanage of his childhood to exact his bloody revenge, 'punishing' anyone who gets in his way!
Boycotted by legions of angry parents when it was released in America, this festive fright flick has courted controversy ever since and is presented here uncut for the first time ever in the UK!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's not a wonderful life,
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This review is from: Silent Night, Deadly Night [DVD] [1984] (DVD)
A very enjoyable Christmas themed slasher from 1984 where a psychologically disturbed Santa attired killer stalks a small town punishing the 'naughty' and generally dispatching anyone else who gets in his way.
The film begins in 1971 and charts the disturbing events which ultimately explain the rationale behind the killer Claus. After a creepy encounter with his grandfather in a psychiatric asylum and after witnessing the barbaric massacre of his parents on the way home perpetrated by a Father Xmas donned criminal, the traumatised young boy is placed in a Catholic orphanage presided over by a tyrannical nun. The nun reinforces his fear/hatred of wrongdoers through the physical and mental abuse he experiences combined with the reinforcing of Santa as arbiter of punishing the 'wicked' Cue a number of slayings years later one Christmas Eve beginning in the toy shop where he works after being coerced into masquerading as the store Santa. Allied with his prior conditioning and trauma this sets him over the edge. It is a very good 80's slasher in the vein of 'Friday 13th' 'Happy Birthday to me' etc. It is done on a budget so obviously the special effects reflect this. There is a 30 min approx audio interview with the director and an interesting booklet providing hysterical quotes from advocates of banning this film upon its cinematic release in the States as well as a written question and answer interview with the director and a good bio of Linnea Quigley, a soft porn 'scream queen' who appeared in this as well as other similar films. Only whilst watching this did I realise I'd seen it before but for some reason had forgotten it or maybe didn't like it at the time. Perhaps some lovers of the more modern type horrors may not appreciate the quite basic make-up and effects on show and slightly dated feel to it but I would certainly recommend this as a great alternative to some of the saccharine filled Xmas offerings available. As well as its important place historically within the horror annals, it is a little cracker on its own terms. A special note of appreciation to the regular contributors of the Amazon horror forum who raised this one and on which basis I purchased it. I would certainly recommend any horror fans to check out these pages as they are as good a source as any I've ever seen for quality recommendations.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Happy XMAS from Arrow!,
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This review is from: Silent Night, Deadly Night [DVD] [1984] (DVD)
Kudos to Arrow for getting this out on DVD in the UK Fully uncut.
The usual Arrow goodies apply with decent extras,a poster,informative booklet,and the now famous reversible artwork. Anyone who likes Madmen on the loose movies needs to get this. Absolutely demented!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic DVD package with one problem.,
By J. Pike "J.Pike" (Guernsey, Channel Islands) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Silent Night, Deadly Night [DVD] [1984] (DVD)
Yet another film that I watched for the first time thanks to Arrow and I will no doubt watch it several more times in the future.I won't go into the plot itself as I had a pretty good idea what was going to happen from the synopsis on the DVD cover and I'll leave it to first time viewers to watch it for themselves. Overall the transfer itself is very good, however about 5 times during the film it looked as though someone had forgotten to touch the picture up and it went back to the quality that the untreated transfer must have been. Probably about 10 minutes max, just a shame and noticeable. This film was shown on the horror channel a couple of weeks ago and it had the same problems. At the end of the day Arrow have put together a fantastic package and the small problem mentioned above is something I can over look when you put all the extras in the mix. I so want to give this release 5 stars, but I have to give it 4 just because of the picture issues. I still advise anyone to buy this release.
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